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The odds-on favourite with bookmakers, McLeish first held the Scotland job in 2007 before leaving after less than a year to join Birmingham City.

Pushed heavily by SFA vice-president Rod Petrie as the replacement for Gordon Strachan, former Rangers boss McLeish outlined his plans to take the national team to the Euro 2020 finals during talks with the governing body.

If the former Motherwell, Hibernian, Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest boss were to be successful in taking over the reins of the national team, it will be his first job in management since he departed Egyptian Premier League side Zamalek in May 2016.

Northern Ireland's Michael O'Neill has ruled himself out of the running for the job

Six hours of meetings ran late into the night at Hampden, with progress being made on a number of outstanding issues - ranging from the manager's vacancy and the search for a new chief executive to plans to revamp the SFA structure.

Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell has already called for a revamp of the governing body, with SPFL clubs keen to install a chief executive who is capable of building bridges between the two bodies.

Partick Thistle managing director Ian Maxwell, who is one of two SPFL representatives on the SFA's six-man and one-woman board, is a leading contender for the post following the departure of Stewart Regan earlier this month.